Philly Tech People News 9/19/2010

Comcast hires Dobrow from T-Mobile (PR Week)

Canoe Hires Four More Crew Members
Cable Joint Venture Adds to Technology, Product Management Roster (Multichannel News)

ONPATH Technologies Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
Brian McCann accelerates company's growth strategy (PR Newswire)

ONPATH Technologies Announces New Global Vice President of Sales (PR Newswire)

Brad Bernard promoted to Vice President Online Media & Analytics at Harmelin Media (Philly Ad Club News)

Ascent Media Group Promotes Donna Thomas to Senior Vice President, Sales for Cable, Telco & New Media Initiatives (Business Wire)

Vanguard Group #1 on 2010 Information Week 500

The new Information Week 500 is out, and although it often tends to read pretty much the same from year to year, one interesting move is that the Vanguard Group of Malvern, the giant mutual fund, now has the top ranking (though it has been highly ranked in previous years). See detailed profile here. I'll do a rundown of the other area companies included soon.





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NBC's fall guys
Comcast assembling exec army for autumn run (New York Post)

Nemours Tops in the Nation for Health Information Technology (PR Newswire)

Motorola 'eager' to get into tablet market, but won't do so until next year (Engadget)

Oracle posts strong first quarter: Hurd makes debut; Exadata the focus (ZDNet Blogs)
Also, Oracle's Larry Ellison suggests his company is way ahead of SAP in developing in-memory database technology.

Apple, Google and Others: Vying for Prime Time in the Digital Living Room (Knowledge@Wharton)



Potential buyer gives WPCS International ultimatum (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Daily Links 9/16/2010: Comcast sees huge opportunity in business services

Angelakis: Big Opportunities in Commercial
NBCU On Track for Year-End Close (Multichannel News)

Coalition Seeks Another Comcast/NBCU Hearing
Argues deal deserves another vetting because it will 'set the benchmark' for future consolidation (Broadcasting & Cable)

Netflix. Meet Hulu. Now, How About Merging Together? (Fast Company)

Sprint CFO: Clearwire buyout too expensive for now (Reuters)

Motorola Mobility: Westward, Ha! (Light Reading Mobile)
Not sure what this is going to mean for Horsham-based Motorola Home, which is to be spun off as part of Motorola Mobility.

Philly Fed Index Shows Contracting Manufacturing in Mid-Atlantic Region (Wall Street Journal: Real Times Economics Blog)
Philly Fed Business Outlook Survey

Oracle FY Q1 Revs, Profits Exceed Street Estimates (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Oracle Earnings Top Estimates on Software, Sun Sales (Bloomberg)


Philly's Newspapers Are Going Back on the Block (Daily Finance)

Checkpoint Systems Creates RFID-centric 'Visibility' Division (RFID Journal)

Alteva helps channel partners with no money down UC rental plan (FierceVoIP)
Alteva is based in Philadelphia.

Taleo Powers Talent Exchange With Aria Billing and Subscription Management Platform (Marketwire)
Aria is based in Media.




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Daily Links 9/15/2010: InstaMed raises $6 million

New auction set for Philadelphia newspapers (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Air Products Nominees Win Three Seats on Airgas Board (Bloomberg Business Week)

InstaMed Raises $6 Million in Growth Capital
Capital will support InstaMed’s triple digit growth and enhance its bi-coastal data centers (Business Wire)


The World According to Dick Ebersol
The 2010 Broadcaster of the Year reflects on his accomplishments, a successful 2010 and what lies ahead (Broadcasting & Cable)

Comcast CFO warns that programming costs will continue to go up (LA Times: Company Town)

Canoe CTO: 'T-Commerce' Coming in 2011 (Light Reading Cable)

Main Line tech stock keeps rising (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
On QlikTech.

Microsoft Questions Salesforce.com Cloud Computing Growth Prospects (Intelligent Enterprise)

The making of the Technology Park deal (Philadelphia Business Journal: Real Estate Blog)

Google Health--Rumors of its death have been somewhat exaggerated (The Health Care Blog)

WPCS Reports FY2011 First Quarter Financial Results (PR Newswire)

C&D Technologies Reaches Agreement in Principle with Group of Major Noteholders on Financial Restructuring Plan (PR Newswire)



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Daily Links 9/14/2010: Philadelphia Technology Park Opens in The Navy Yard

SCVNGR Launches Rewards in Philadelphia (Marketwire)

Newspaper buyers have until noon to reach deal with drivers (Philadelphia Daily News)
Philadelphia Inquirer Buyer Said to Cancel Purchase, Forcing New Auction (Bloomberg)

Philadelphia Technology Park Opens in The Navy Yard
Philadelphia Technology Park Debuts $25 Million Data Center to House Computer System IT Infrastructure for Philadelphia Area Organizations (Business Wire)

Evolve IP Completes Financing of $8.7 Million in Growth Capital
(Business Wire)

GSI Commerce Appoints Deann Harvey Chief Sales Officer for Global Marketing Services Division
Harvey to lead global sales to extend reach and drive revenue for clients (Business Wire)
Yesterday's post about PointRoll and GSI by Jim Hopkins on his Gannett Blog seems prescient now.


SAP Finds A Message And Messenger (Forbes Blogs: Upside Potential)

DEMO: SAP Co-CEO Bill McDermott says ‘The device changes everything’ (VentureBeat)
SAP Press Release

IBM CEO Shreds HP, Mark Hurd (Silicon Alley Insider)

Airgas's McCausland Takes `Pugnacious' Tack in His $5 Billion Proxy Fight (Bloomberg)

Cox, Time Warner Cable in Swap Talks?
(Light Reading Cable)

UniTek Global Services Announces Public Offering of 6,250,000 Shares of Common Stock (PR Newswire)

Journal Register Company Expands Advertising Partnership With Yahoo! Into Philadelphia Market (Marketwire)

Ben Franklin Technology Partners (NE) lists new investments (Allentown Morning Call)




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Daily Links 9/13/2010: Post-Saridakis, pointed questions about PointRoll

Post-Saridakis, pointed questions about PointRoll (Gannett Blog)
PointRoll, based in Conshohocken, is owned by Gannett.

Drivers vote down latest contract offer from Philadelphia newspapers (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Paetec buying rival telecom Cavalier for $460M (AP via Google News)
Both Paetec and Cavalier have operations in the Philadelphia area.

Cable’s Fall Agenda in D.C.
Industry Thrust Into ‘Vortex’ of Broadband Policy Issues (Multichannel News)

Will Oracle Buy Informatica Next? (IDG via New York Times)

SAP New-Product Blitz Tomorrow (Information Week: Global CIO Blog)

Ojo Video Phone Lives! Er, Again! (Zatz Not Funny!)

Chattanooga, TN beats Google to 1Gbps—for $350 a month (Ars Technica)

Cable-TV slowly steps into stereo 3-D (EE Times)

Ex-Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz Launches Health IT Firm
Picture of Health is recruiting staff for a firm that aims to "leverage technology in pursuit of better health." (Information Week)

TiVo down but not out; turnaround could be coming (San Jose Mercury News)

Clearwire 'Finally in New York City' (Light Reading Mobile)

Philly Tech People News 9/12/2010

Jaffe leaves Ballard Spahr for Duane Morris (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Merkel Taps Former SAP Chief Henning Kagermann to Head Panel on Innovation (Bloomberg)

ERT Announces Upcoming Retirement of Michael McKelvey as Chief Executive Officer (PR Newswire)

Garry D. Johnson Joins BioClinica as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
- New Position to Support Global Customer Strategy and Accelerate Growth - (Business Wire)

Comcast Names Cynthia Hook Senior Vice President and General Auditor
(Business Wire)

VIST Financial Hires Chief Information Officer (PR Newswire)

Razorfish Health promotes three in its creative department (Philly Ad Club News)

Daily Links 9/10/2010: Key Wall Street analyst questions growth outlook for consumer Pay TV spending

QlikTech opens Hong Kong office (Computerworld Hong Kong)

Motorola MZ600 Tablet Appears in Verizon Inventory (Phandroid)

Mass-mailing 'Here you have' worm hits in-boxes (CNET News)

Moffett: Where Will Money Come From For Pay TV Price Increases?
Cable, Satellite Face Years Of Reduced Discretionary Consumer Spending (Multichannel News)

Business Groups Question Net Neutrality Rules
(IDG via New York Times)

Everyone's Mad About the iPad (Light Reading Cable)

Instem Announces Centrus Solution Suite for Early Drug Development (Business Wire)

Carpe Diem SAP: Hit Oracle While Its Dazed and Confused (CIO.com)

Global CIO: Gunning For IBM & Oracle, HP Plans Optimized-Systems Blitz (Information Week)

SunGard Appoints Young & Rubicam for New Brand Advertising Campaign (Marketwire)

Social Media Savvy Cities: The 17 Most 'Social' Cities Ranked By NetProspex (Huffington Post)
Philadelphia ranks 14th for whatever reason; HuffPost has its own poll along side its article where you can weigh in.




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Daily Links 9/9/2010: SAP Rules Out Hardware Company Acquisitions

SAP Rules Out Hardware Company Acquisitions, Co-CEO McDermott Tells CNBC (Bloomberg)

SAP Looks to Benefit From the Oracle Tempest (New York Times: Bits)

City, bloggers talk taxes over drinks (Philadelphia Inquirer)

XIPWIRE Announces Mobile Bill-Pay Program for University City Residents (Business Wire)

QVC coming back to NY Fashion Week with first-ever pop-up store at Rockefeller Plaza (Home
Textiles Today)

Private Equity in 5th Set With Tennis Channel (New York Times: DealBook)

Q&A with David Grubb, CTO, Motorola Home and Networks Mobility Business (FierceCable)

Verizon Keen On Offering Home Automation Services
Endless new possibilities for strange new fees... (Broadband Reports)


President Obama plans 'robust investment' in NextGen technology (Press of Atlantic City)

Harrisburg University plans social media blackout (Washington Post: Campus Overload)




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